Category Archives: Education
Ohio ends incentive lottery with mixed vaccination results
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio, the state that launched the national movement to offer millions of dollars in incentives to boost vaccination rates, planned to conclude its program Wednesday — still unable to crack the 50% vaccination threshold.
Israel’s new government OKs first settlement construction
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli defense ministry body advanced plans for 31 West Bank settlement construction projects Wednesday, the first such move under the country’s new government.
Black cops seek $8M in University of Washington racism claim
SEATTLE (AP) — Five Black officers with the University of Washington Police Department have filed claims of racism against the department and are seeking $8 million in damages, alleging they were routinely insulted and demeaned by co-workers and superv...
Merle Smith, 1st Black graduate of Coast Guard Academy, dies
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Merle Smith Jr., the first Black cadet to graduate from the Coast Guard Academy, has died, his family said. He was 76.
Justices rule for student in ‘cursing cheerleader’ case
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the case of the cursing cheerleader, the Supreme Court notched a victory for the free speech rights of students Wednesday, siding with a high school student whose vulgar social media post got her kicked off the
Student loan payments to restart; here’s how to get help
For 42.9 million student loan borrowers , it’s been 18 months without a payment. That ends in October — ready or not.
Can pandemic recovery plan end Italy’s years of stagnation?
MILAN (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic hit Italy especially hard, killing more than 127,000 people and sending the European Union's third-largest economy into a devastating tailspin.
Federal government gives money for residential school site research in Saskatchewan
The federal government is providing nearly $5 million for research into residential schools, unmarked graves and undocumented deaths in Saskatchewan. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations...
Hungary’s foreign minister defends law limiting LGBT rights
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's foreign minister alleged Tuesday that a disinformation campaign was being used to rally international criticism of a recent law passed in Hungary that has been widely seen as targeting LGBT people.
Amid clamor to increase prescribed burns, obstacles await
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In the 1950s, when University of California forestry professor Harold Biswell experimented with prescribed burns in the state's pine forests, many people thought he was nuts.
